10 best Championship matches in Money In The Bank history

#2. CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan (WWE Championship) - Money In The Bank, 2012

This match was the exact opposite of Punk and Bryan’s clash from Over The Limit, as both men managed to work a very different style on this occasion, but it was a great showdown nonetheless.

Both men focused much more on the strikes and weapons and brutally beat the living hell out of each other with every opening they found.

On the other hand, AJ Lee’s involvement in the match also turned out to be a big issue, but that did not affect the sheer physicality of this match.

Daniel Bryan’s brutal infamous kicks were also a thing of beauty in this match as well, as the champion, CM Punk fell on the backfoot all thanks to those devastating kicks.

The inclusion of the Kendo sticks and the Steel Chair shots was also another big example of how physical this match was and the final spot of the match with the Back Suplex from the top rope was another brilliant spot in the match, as we witnessed a fun brawl between two of the very best of this generation.

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